[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #60023] Tab completion gets confused for files with hyphens

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URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60023>

                 Summary: Tab completion gets confused for files with hyphens
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Mon 08 Feb 2021 07:48:33 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Performance
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 6.1.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Say that you have two files named foo-one.mat and foo-two.mat. On typing "load
foo" at the Octave command prompt and pressing tab, Octave shows the available
files beginning with "foo" including foo-one.mat and foo-two.mat but on then
typing "load foo-o" and pressing tab, expecting it to complete foo-one.mat, it
gets confused and gives unrelated results. Apparently the first tab lists the
hyphenated names but the second tab interprets it as a minus sign not as part
of a file name.

Is there a workaround for this behavior, other than to avoid the use of
hyphens in file names?




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